Research: Intervisuality and Intertextuality: Imaginaries of Peace and Love from Philostratus Minor’s Text to Classroom Teaching
Altomare Distaso, a PhD candidate in Peace Studies (Philological Curriculum) at Sapienza University of Rome, is conducting a research project on intertextuality and intervisuality in the Imagines of Philostratus the Younger, with particular attention to the themes of peace and conflict in Greek literature, exploring their possible applications in educational workshops and learning laboratories. She obtained her Master’s degree in Philology, Literature, and Classical Tradition from the University of Bologna(March 2023) and her Bachelor’s degree in Classical Literature from the University of Bari, with a thesis on two fragments of Euripides’ Antiope (October 2020). She has participated in several conferences and academic meetings in Classical Philology, reflecting on how the rhetorical strategies of Philostratus the Younger allow for broader discussions on a wide range of themes, including authority, word–image relations, power and conflict, and alterity. Since 2022, she has worked as a teacher in primary school, lower secondary school, and upper secondary school(teaching classes AS11, AS12, AS13, AM22), leading a series of interdisciplinary laboratories funded by PON projects (2022–2024).